Kamutoke (
Description
Kamutoke is a small weapon that resembles a tokkosho (a single-bladed vajra), although with Kamutoke's thin, dagger-like blade being on one side only. The central grip section is bordered on either side by a pair of flat hoops that cross at a right angle, thus forming spheres. The weapon holds the ability to summon torrents of electricity that strike the target from above.[1]
Usage
During the Heian period, Sukuna wielded both Kamutoke and Hiten to annihilate the Northern Fujiwara Clan's Sun, Moon and Stars Squad and the Five Empty Generals, as well as the Desshi Pacification Squad made up of the Abe Clan's elite (including the Angel) and the Sugawara Clan's remnants.[2]
Sukuna shocks Kashimo with lightning.
A millennium later, Yorozu established a binding vow in her final moments to re-construct Kamutoke with her innate technique.[3][1] Uraume delivered the cursed tool to Sukuna after his fight with Satoru Gojo to use against Hajime Kashimo, via a massive block of ice that fell from the sky.
Upon retrieving Kamutoke, Sukuna expressed that he felt nostalgic. He used it to hit Kashimo with a torrent of lightning, but it was mostly nullified by Kashimo's innate resistance to electricity.[4] After assuming his true form, Sukuna used Kamutoke's ability as a decoy to close the distance and overpower Kashimo at close range.[5]
Sukuna also used Kamutoke to counter Mei Mei's Bird Strike by killing all her crows with powerful bolts of electricity that shot them down from the sky.[6] The cursed tool was later confiscated by Hiromi Higuruma's Deadly Sentencing, causing it to disappear from Sukuna's grasp.[7] Even after Higuruma's death, Kamutoke was not returned to Sukuna.[8]
Trivia
- Kamutoke (神解け or more rarely 霹靂?), also read kamitoke or kantoke, is an archaic Japanese word that means "to be struck down by lightning" and can be found in various old texts (e.g., Vol. 1 of the Heian-era Nihon Ryōiki). The name of Sukuna's weapon, which fittingly holds the power to create lightning, is instead written with the characters for "Divine Martial Solution/Understanding" (神武解?); the official VIZ manga renders the name in English, as "Supreme Martial Solution" (despite, by contrast, the name of "Hiten" being left untranslated).[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Jujutsu Kaisen Manga: Chapter 237 (p. 6-7).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jujutsu Kaisen Manga: Chapter 238 (p. 4).
- ↑ Jujutsu Kaisen Manga: Chapter 219 (p. 18).
- ↑ Jujutsu Kaisen Manga: Chapter 237 (p. 7-8).
- ↑ Jujutsu Kaisen Manga: Chapter 238 (p. 10-11).
- ↑ Jujutsu Kaisen Manga: Chapter 244 (p. 12).
- ↑ Jujutsu Kaisen Manga: Chapter 245 (p. 18-19).
- ↑ Jujutsu Kaisen Manga: Chapter 248 (p. 3).